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There is an incredible video making the rounds online which paints an amazingly beautiful picture of what life is like in the holy land of Mayapur.  Told from the perspective of a young gurukula (school) student, this video promises to leave you with goosebumps!  Check it out below.

Srimad Bhagavatam is described as the ripened fruit of all Vedic knowledge. Reading and discussing Srimad Bhagavatam is a core practice amongst Hare Krishnas (bhakti-yogis). By the regular reading and discussing of the Srimad Bhagavatam, one not only acquires deep spiritual realizations but also overcomes several disturbances to ones  inner happiness and overall success in life. We invite you to …

*** ANNOUNCEMENT – We have a special arrangements for the kids of community for the festival.  We will have professional face painters at the festival and all kids will be invited to be part of the celebrations in a unique way.  In order to keep things organized, we are asking all parents to bring their kids to the temple no …

On Sunday, March 13th, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple celebrated Shiva Rati. Shiva Rati is a night of celebrations that are dedicated to Lord Shiva who is the top most devotee of Lord Krishna. The night started out with an arati ceremony for their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha, who were as radiant as spring sunshine. Then devotees gathered for lecture …

After a cold winter, that special time of the year has arrived. With clear skies, sunshine and warm cool breezes greeting you, spring has arrived!  With the warmer weather comes lots of opportunities to render service to our beautiful Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha. For starters, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is participating in two very large conventions and …

We are happy to share our March edition of our monthly newsletter!  Special thanks to Thulasi Sathianathan, one of our active young devotees, for taking the lead on the monthly newsletter project.  Click the image below (or click here) to open the February 2016 newsletter. Remember, you can receive our monthly newsletter right in your inbox by clicking here to …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating Siva Ratri on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Siva Ratri literally translates as, “the night of Lord Siva”. Devotees of Lord Krishna view Lord Shiva as the greatest Vaishnava (devotee of Vishnu), based on Srimad-Bhagavatam, 12.13.16 says this (among other things) about Lord Shiva: vaishnavanam yatha shambhu, “Amongst all Vaishnavas, Lord Shiva is …

On Saturday, February 20th, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple celebrated Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day in grand fashion!  The wonderful festival featured delightful kirtan, amazing prasadam and the most amazing darshan of our beautiful Deities!  Our wonderful congregation member, Sathi Prabhu, captured the festival on camera.  Check out the full festival video below:

*** Please Note: We will try to regularly post updates on this post about the latest news about both Jayapataka Swami and Kadamba Kanana Swami *** The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple would like to make a special plea for all devotees and well-wishers to extend their prayers for the health of two senior devotees of our international Hare Krishna movement: …

A Magical Evening Celebrating the Appearance of Lord Nityananda!Festival Report by: Smruthi VenkateshanPictures by: Sahil Srivastava This past Saturday, February, 20th, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple celebrated the appearance of Lord Nitayanada with a special twist. The event started out with an arati ceremony where the stars of the event Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai beamed brighter than a 1,000 full moons, beside the …